Millennium Witch

But the general is not without his own strengths. First, he is not present and there is no security pressure. Second, he has mastered "necromancy" which Yvette does not know. At the same time, he is very familiar with Yvette's elemental spells, giving him an information advantage.

Moreover, this is the Church of Soulfire, his home turf, and there are probably police, military, and Holy Spirit Church's apostolic corps rushing to the scene.

Then, once the place is completely surrounded, he can say a few words as a high-ranking member of the Holy Spirit Cult, accusing her of being a criminal who broke into the church. Who will the officials on site believe? Need I say more?

With her whip lashing wildly, Yvette continued forward along the corridor, surrounded by skeletons.

At this moment, she missed wind magic even more. Accustomed to flying around, she could no longer even scale walls and rooftops, and could only walk step by step, which was quite a worrying speed.

Moreover, the High Priest of Reincarnation, as expected of the Holy Spirit Cult's super-strongest figure after the Pope and the Three Saints, summoned skeletons that were unexpectedly powerful, far more than just numerous.

According to Yvette's understanding, once she lashed out with her lightning whip, even a lightly modified cyborg should instantly lose its fighting ability.

However, these skeletons have bones as hard as iron and a high tolerance for lightning. Even after being whipped, their soul fire only weakens slightly, and they can immediately pounce again. It takes at least four or five lashes to completely extinguish the green flames in their eyes, so their vitality is undeniably tenacious.

They were quite strong. When they bit Yvette's arm at close range, although they couldn't tear through the four layers of scarlet armor, the magic still caused Yvette some pain. She had to use her fists and feet, frequently raising her legs to kick the skeletons that pounced on her.

A moment later, Yvette approached the back door.

At this moment, the surrounding skeletons became more and more dense, some even climbing onto the ceiling and jumping down, making the scene look somewhat terrifying.

As Yvette passed through the small church exit, she saw a dense mass of skeleton soldiers outside the door, numbering in the hundreds or thousands.

After clearing a safe area around herself with a series of whip cracks and kicks, she reached out her hand and gently pushed forward.

The earthen-yellow rune ring on his wrist lit up, as if unleashing a powerful palm strike from afar. The back door of the church, along with the surrounding walls, collapsed outwards, crushing many of the skeleton soldiers outside the door beneath it. Although they didn't die, they were temporarily unable to move.

The exit suddenly widened, revealing a legion of skeletons outside, numbering at least two or three thousand. They were not only nearby, but also in the city park behind the woods, their green eye sockets could be seen, making the scene as eerie as if one had entered a cemetery.

But Yvette didn't want to fight them to the end; she just wanted to leave, which made things much easier.

After finding a weak point in the encirclement, she lit up with a red light. In addition to the four layers of nested scarlet armor, she also took out her Muscle Limit and Pure White Touch, which could be described as going all out.

She turned around, took a deep look at the general standing in the shadows, and then, like a red lightning bolt, smashed through all the skulls blocking her way, rushing straight toward the public park behind the church.

During this process, she vaguely sensed that the skeletons outside were much weaker than the skeletons she encountered inside, and their bones were no longer as white and jade-like as before, but rather rough and yellowish.

But due to her lack of understanding of necromancy and her instinct to never underestimate her opponent, she felt that this should just be an illusion.

Chapter 120 Wanted

Watching Yvette transform into a streak of red light and disappear into the woods behind the church, the general emerged from the shadows, his face extremely grim. Even while controlling the puppet, his anger was still clearly visible and uncontrollable.

His anger wasn't because Nameless had escaped from his grasp right in front of him, but because the skeletons he had used to attack Nameless were elite skeletons he had cultivated with a lot of resources, completely different from the ordinary skeletons outside.

He spent an unknown amount of money training these elite skeletons, which strained his personal finances for quite some time, almost like supporting a wife.

But just now, this group of elite skeletons was destroyed in their first battle. How could he not hate them?

"Zero... Nameless..." Muttering these two names, the general's resentment gradually faded, and after regaining his composure, his expression gradually became cold and solemn.

A few hours ago, his spirit body was severely damaged by Zero's mental attack, causing his combat power to drop significantly. Just now, most of his elite skeletons were destroyed by Nameless, further weakening his combat power.

These two are clearly sisters and definitely in cahoots. Moreover, their individual combat strength far exceeded his expectations; they were ridiculously strong.

If he wanted to act like a lone hero, he was unlikely to catch any of them, but fortunately, he wasn't a stubborn person either.

The reason for acting secretly before was to keep a low profile and not want to make a big fuss, but now the situation is different, so the approach must be different.

If one person can't defeat the enemy, then we'll mobilize the collective power of the police, the military, and the religious corps to crush them.

In life, one must always learn to be flexible.

……

After passing through Fusjiang Street at 4 a.m. and returning to her villa in Yangon, Yvette had only been there for less than two hours when she saw several police cars surrounding her rented villa, filled with fully armed special police officers.

As the "no-fly zone" remained in effect, no shuttles flew overhead, but a somber and tense atmosphere still permeated the night.

After a battle of wits with thin air, the police officers broke into the room, only to find no one there. Burdened with their frustration and still grumpy from being woken up, they began to grumble.

Of course, Yvette hadn't actually gone far. Instead, she stood on the rooftop, using Shadow Cloak to blend into the darkness while listening to the police officers' conversation. She confirmed that she had been charged with a whole host of crimes, such as "unlicensed drug sales," "robbery and murder," and "stealing sect secrets," and was now the most wanted criminal in the Rustbone West.

She thought, the worst has indeed happened.

Neither she nor a fifth-level mage like the High Priest of Reincarnation could possibly stand against the state apparatus.

After all, a mage's mana bar is limited, while the resources available to the government and military are extremely vast. Putting aside everything else, even pure harassment could wear her down. Not to mention that the Rustbone army also has advanced weaponry such as magical mechs and combat puppets.

She even hesitated to carry out a decapitation operation. First, she was unsure whether leaving the area of ​​Fusjiang would allow her to escape the dream fog. Second, this incident was caused by the Reincarnation High Priest "Lind Benedict," so if anyone should be killed, it should be him.

Unfortunately, the necromancer was extremely elusive, appearing only as a ghost and never as a person. Even if she hacked into the city's surveillance system, she had no idea when she would be able to find any trace of him among the endless surveillance footage.

Subsequently, lacking knowledge of light and shadow magic, she had to change into a hooded sweatshirt and cover her face with a mask and sunglasses to achieve a simple disguise. Then she "borrowed" a car from the roadside and traveled more than 20 kilometers to Shalin Town via a dirt road without surveillance cameras.

It was already dawn. Yvette parked the car in the wilderness outside the town and walked into the town. She saw some locals already out and about, but their expressions were a bit blank, and she wondered if they were still immersed in sleepiness.

After passing through the alleyway beside the main road, Yvette pushed open the door and entered the courtyard. Liana was already up and was spreading jam on bread in the living room of the main house, while Firefly was making hand-whipped coffee beside her, her movements a little clumsy.

Upon seeing Yvette, Liana exclaimed in surprise, "Good morning, sister! You're here so early today... Wait, what's with your outfit?"

Firefly, standing nearby, gave a puzzled look and bluntly asked, "Sister, why do you look like a fugitive?"

“There’s been a slight complication, I’ll explain it to you in a bit.” Yvette shook her head. “Where’s Yvette?”

"She's not up yet, sister. Is there something you need from her?" Liana blinked.

“We need to wake her up,” Yvette said.

She originally wanted to avoid getting involved in the joint operations of Zero and One as much as possible.

While the butterfly effect is unavoidable, its impact on the future can be reduced by minimizing its presence.

However, according to the information she obtained from "Fire Ghost" Colby, the general came to Fusjiang specifically to target her, as well as Zero and Number One. On the way to Salin Town, she also saw the latest information issued by the police through the local network. Among the wanted criminals, not only her, but also Zero and Number One were listed and directly regarded as her criminal accomplices.

This is different. It's like forcing the three of them to act together. It's hard for her to reduce her presence. So she might as well take the lead to avoid Zero going crazy and dragging everyone down with her.

Entering the bedroom, Yvette saw Zero, tiny as a beet, curled up on the bed, hugging a pillow, fast asleep.

In this harmless state, she did indeed look quite adorable, showing none of the madness she displayed when she inexplicably attacked Yvette that day. Liana then walked to her side, calling softly and poking her cheek, but unfortunately, Zero was fast asleep and didn't react at all.

Yvette found it strange. Logically speaking, given Zero's characteristics, she shouldn't be sleeping so soundly. Doesn't this mean that she wouldn't even notice when the enemy gets close?

She walked over and reached out to touch Zero's head, but the next second Zero opened her eyes and stared at her with a terrifying look, like a wildcat that might bite at any moment. Only after Yvette withdrew her hand did Zero close her eyes again, resume her even breathing, and continue to sleep peacefully.

"..."

“Sister…” Liana looked at her innocently.

"Has she always been like this?" Yvette asked helplessly.

“No, she wasn’t this sleepy before, but ever since she came to Fusijiang, I don’t know if it’s because she was too tired before or what, she sleeps a lot every day now, and she’s actually awake very little,” Liana said curiously.

"Her sleep has increased? Right after she came here?" Yvette asked in surprise.

“You could say that,” Liana nodded.

Yvette pondered, wondering what the reason might be. Could it be that, like her, she had discovered that sleeping was the best way to enhance the strength of her spiritual body?

I admit it's a bit short.

Chapter 121 Beehive

Of the three—Zero, Liana, and Firefly—Zero is undoubtedly the core leader and the main decision-maker. If she continues to refuse to wake up, even if Yvette tells Liana and Firefly the whole story, she will still have to explain it all to Zero again.

Thinking that the official forces would most likely search for Salin Town and were probably already on their way, Yvette came up with a plan.

She had Liana hold Zero in her arms, then reached out her hand.

When Zero opened his eyes alertly and stared at her with murderous intent, she remained motionless in that position and began to recount the current situation.

Finally, somewhat apologetically, he said, "I'm sorry, it seems I've become the catalyst..."

"No, no, no, this isn't your fault, sister!" Liana quickly shook her head. "That 'general' was originally going to cooperate with Black Tower Pharmaceuticals to capture us. You just provoked them to bring their operation from behind the scenes to the forefront!"

Then she thought for a moment and said, "Actually, this is even better, right? Because this way, they are in the light, and we are in the dark."

“Indeed,” Firefly chimed in.

“So I came here hoping to take you away from here and find another place to hide. Since the other side has already used official forces to search, they will find this place sooner or later, and may even be on their way now.” Yvette looked at Zero, “Yvette… what do you think?”

Zero sneered, "What's the point of leaving? Can't we just kill them all?"

“The Holy Spirit Cult, the Rustbone Government, and even the Black Tower might show up,” Yvette reminded her to consider the current situation.

"Kill them all."

"Even if you could kill them all, it would only trigger more chain reactions. The New Eden army would come here, the Black Tower and Lin Tui's armed forces would come, and the Black Tide Federation might also come..."

"Kill them all!"

"..."

Yvette was silent for a moment, then turned to Liana and asked, "When you were on the run, was she really in charge of making the decisions?"

Is she really capable of making decisions? She seems like a reincarnation of the Great Western King, all she does is kill, kill, kill.

Could it be that the destroyer of the original civilization was the original owner?

The Witch of the End is merely a usurper.

“Yes,” Liana said awkwardly, while Firefly said directly, “Yvette was quite normal before, but I’ve noticed that every time you appear, Yvette becomes irritable. She probably doesn’t like you.”

I can tell without you saying it... Yvette glanced at the fireflies.

"Firefly, you're being too direct..." Liana whispered a reminder.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Firefly realized what was happening and said sincerely, "I only recently started reading 'Emotional Intelligence,' I hope you understand, I'm just a puppet..."

“It’s alright.” Yvette sighed, turning to look at Zero. “Yvette, although I don’t know why you hate me so much, given the current situation, we have to leave here.”

“Yes, Yvette, even the army will come to besiege us. Even if you can kill them all, there’s a limit. You can’t fight against the whole world,” Liana advised from the side.

"If it's for Liana, I can kill the whole world, I can do it too." Zero raised his head and gently nuzzled Liana's cheek.

"Don't joke around now." Liana angrily pushed her head away and looked at Firefly. "Firefly, can you find out our current situation? Have the official forces noticed our location?"

Firefly plugged the internet cable into her body, her eye-camera flashed for a moment, and she confirmed, "Yes, the police are already on their way in this direction. They'll be here in half an hour at the latest."

“Don’t worry.” Zero’s face showed a mocking smile. “No matter how many they come, they’ll all die.”

“You… sigh.” Liana sighed, then suddenly hugged Zero’s slender body tightly, holding her horizontally in her arms. Then she turned to Yvette and said, “Sister, we’ll go with you! I’ll carry her away!”

Yvette looked at her resolute face, then at Zero, who was being held in her arms without any struggle, and hesitated before nodding and saying, "...Okay."

……

In the afternoon, a cool rain fell on the streets of the slum. The road was wet, sewage flowed everywhere, and every few meters there was a puddle that reflected holographic images and neon lights, like colorful mirrors.

Deep in a narrow, cramped alley filled with plastic bags, magical cables, and the pungent stench of kitchen waste, after walking up a series of winding stairs, Yvette found herself in a secluded first-floor room.

“Let’s stay here for a while. They can’t maintain martial law indefinitely; it’s too much of a drain on their manpower and resources. We can just hide for a month or two to avoid trouble,” Yvette said to Liana. Then she took out an antique bronze key, inserted it, turned it, and opened the door.

The pungent smell that hit her made her instinctively take a few steps back, and she had to use wind magic to ventilate the area for a while.

This is a property she rented using a false identity. The area is called "Honeycomb," a part of the old town of Fusjiang. It consists of numerous old buildings and illegal structures, making it a typical slum. However, it also has its advantages. It is full of criminals and people working in the gray market, so if the police want to come here to conduct an investigation, the local residents will set up many obstacles for them.

"Sister! I'll clean the living room!" After entering the house and turning on the lights, Liana immediately rolled up her sleeves.

"I'll clean the master bedroom and the second bedroom," Firefly volunteered.

“Go clean the toilets,” Zero told Yvette.

Perhaps because he didn't like the new environment, Zero's face no longer showed a smile, but rather undisguised disdain.

“Would you like to come to the other kitchen?” Yvette asked.

"That's what you should do."

"Then what do you do?"

"Go to sleep," Zero yawned.

"..." Considering that even this great deity had condescended to sleep here, Yvette decided not to stoop to the level of a child.

This ground-floor rental house has a layout of two bedrooms, one living room, and one bathroom. Although it has been neglected for a long time and is full of dust, mold, grease, and insects such as cockroaches, it is still quite spacious and has a small balcony with burglar bars.

Although she has already experienced quite a bit, in reality, less than half a month has passed since Yvette entered the dream. Based on her six-month experience, she should be able to stay in the dream for another five and a half months, enough to outlast the joint investigation by the Holy Spirit Cult, the Rusty Bone government, and the military until they can no longer sustain it and disintegrate on their own.

Cleaning the grease from the kitchen took quite a while; the stains were so stubborn that even water magic couldn't remove them. We were worried about damaging the walls if we applied too much pressure. Finally, Liana came over and said with great experience, "Sister, these stains need a strong cleaner to remove. Shall we go buy a bottle?"

Evie nodded in agreement. Since they were going to stay here for a while, it was necessary to buy some daily necessities. Besides, she could go without food, but Liana and Zero couldn't go without food either, so they had to buy some more food to keep on hand.

On her way in, she had seen all sorts of small shops inside the "Honeycomb," which should be enough to meet her daily needs even without leaving the area.